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As a result
of the February 14 Town Hall Meeting, the Douglas City
Council took a lead role in addressing underage drinking by
supporting ordinance changes around youth access and
challenged our liquor dealers and the adult public to become
responsible role models. A proposed amendment and addition
to our Liquor License ordinance was passed and approved on
First Reading February 28, 2005. It sets forth new
guidelines for the renewal of liquor licenses and alcohol
server training requirements. The ordinance outlines clearly
for the liquor dealers in Douglas the basic actions that may
be taken by the Douglas City Council concerning the
non-renewal of their liquor license.
Local
coalitions came together following the town hall meeting and
coordinated their efforts to support the First Lady’s
Initiatives in Douglas, Glenrock, and Lusk. The WFLI posters
have been distributed by all three coalitions, placemats
with local statistics will be placed at our local
restaurants and local community members are providing the
“voice” for our messages by doing Public Service
Announcements with our radio stations. The local newspaper
is providing space for the ”camera ready art” from the
initiative and our local youth organization, “Douglas
Alliance of Youth”, has taken an active roll in our media
campaign and the Faith Based Community has become also
active in the initiative and local churches have begun
putting the WFLI messages in their Sunday Bulletins
With the new
level of community involvement we have achieved in Douglas,
along with continued diligence in our efforts to communicate
the tragic consequences of this problem, I believe we will
see changes in the statistics and alcohol culture in Douglas
and Wyoming
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